Toy machine-gun



F. E. MILLER TOY MACHINE GUN July 4, 1933.

Filed Aug. P3, 1932 INVENTOR FE A TTORNEV.

Patented July 4, 1933 7 PA NT FF C FREDERICK MILLER, or C EVELANDHEIGHTS, 01110 TOY MACHINE-GUN Mammal August 23,1932. Serial No.630,043.

'My invention relates to toy guns, and particularly toa toy of themachine gun type which is operated mechanically to shoot a small ball ofa .soft or resilient material.

One object is to make a novel toy that will be simple in constructionand practical in operation at a minimum cost.

, Another object is to provide a construction whereby the balls may befed continuously to the gun.

Other objects and advantages may be noted from the followingspecification and the accompanying illustrations, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of the invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of theinvention; Fig. 3 is a section taken on lines 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4: isa section taken on lines 44 of Fig. 2; F ig. 5 is a fragmentary sectionof a modification showing a clutch device replacing the dog and ratchetshown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Referring to the drawing, the carriage or casing 10 with a ball feedmagazine 11 and gun or cannon barrel 12 is mounted on front and rearwheels 13. An operating crank 15 mounted outside of the carriage 10 on ashaft 16 is held in position by nut 17,. and said shaft projects throughboth walls of said carriage 10.

An internal supporting wall 18 is attached by an angle 19 to one sidewall of the carriage 10, and a second angle 20 is also attached to saidsupporting wall 18, and the shaft 16 extends through apertures in bothangles 19 and 20, which act as bearings.

A spring hammer or striker 21, in the form of a wire yoke,is mounted onshaft 16 and actuated by coil springs 22 and 23, spring 22 being coiledaround the shaft 16 at one end, the opposite end, which istoward themiddle of the wall 18, extends downward as does the similar end of coilspring 23, the opposite end extending upwardly and bearing against thehammer 21. r I

A plate 2 1. grooved at 25 is attached by bolts 26 through a bracket 27to the supporting wall 18. A trigger or lever 28 is secured to the shaft16., to revolve therewith, and the free end of this trigger is bent tonormally engage behind the springhammer 21, as

shown in Fig.- 3, being normally held tosuch engagement by the spring 31coiled around the shaft16. The shaft also carries a ratchet 29 adaptedto be engaged by'a deten't 33. Se-

cured upon the outer wall of the casing is r the cam 30, in position tobe wiped over by the crank 15 as is turned, and when the crank Wipesover the cam the shaft 16 and trigger 28 are shifted outwardly until thetrigger releases the hammer. In operation, the balls are fed into themagazine 11 and the foremost ball rests in the bracket 27 at the breechof the barrel 12. Then by turning the handle 15 in counterclockwisedirection the hammer 21 is forced back by the trigger 28 against thetension of the spring 23 until the crank 15 wipes over the cam 30. Thisreleases the trigger from engagement withthe spring which then snaps vforwardly and strikes the ball and discharges the same through thebarrel. The ratchet 29 and detent 33 permit the action referred to butprevent backslip or reverse turn of the shaft. As the crank handle isturned the hammer is operated in succession against the balls as theyfeed down through the magazine. This gives an imitation of machine gunfire, and the operation may be repeated as long as the magazine is keptsupplied with balls. As the trigger 28 revolves with the and the member35a to the other section, with the spring 31a tending to hold the clutchmembers in engagement. As thererank 15 is turned and wipes over the cam30 it will if shift the section 166 against the tension of the spring 31to release the clutch and allow the hammer to snap against the ballunder.

the influence of the springs 23.

The structure may be modified in various ways within the scope of theinvention.

I claim: 1 l I 1.2 In a toy gun, the combination of a casing and abarrel, means to feed balls in succes= sion to the breech of the barrel,a shaft extending across the casing, a spring hammer carried by theshaft, a crank handle on the outer end of the shaft, and means actuatedby rotation of the shaft to successively cock and release the hammer,the hammer being arranged to strike the ball at thebreech, the means tocock and release the hammer comprising a trigger arm rotatable with theshaft and normally engaging the hammer to cock the same, and means toshift the trigger and shaft to release such engagement.

2. Ina toy gun, the combination of a hollow casing, a barrel mountedthereon, a maga-' ranged to strike the ball at the breech, the barrel, ashaft extending across the casing,

a 5 rin hammer )ivotall mounted in the i P a 1 Y casing and arranged tostrike a ball at the breech, and means actuated by rotation of the shaftto successively cock and release the hammer, said means including aclutch as-,

sociated with the shaft and a cam acting same, and a cam mounted on thecasing in the path of the crank and acting to shift the shaft endwise todisengage the trigger from the hammer.

- In testimony whereof, I-do affix my signature. V

FREDERICK E. MILLER.

